#C78C33#C78C33

#C78C33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.125 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78C33
RGB	rgb(199, 140, 51)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 74.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, 14.39, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 55.92, 75.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.0354 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.125 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5312, 31.1401, 7.3760)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78C33 #336EC7

analogous

#C74233 #C78C33 #B8C733

triadic

#C78C33 #33C78C #8C33C7

tetradic

#C78C33 #33C742 #336EC7 #C733B8

square

#C78C33 #33C742 #336EC7 #C733B8

split-complementary

#C78C33 #33B8C7 #4233C7

monochromatic

#66471A #966A27 #C78C33 #D6A861 #E3C291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C78C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#C78C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78C33

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78C33	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 140, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.125 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddad70',
    500: '#c78c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78c33;
$custom-light: #ddad70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.081,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68309,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78C33

secondary

#88A4CE

accent

#84E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78C33

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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